sniff

sniffsniff1 /snɪf/ ●●○ verb1[intransitive]BREATHE to breatheair into your nose noisily, for example when you are crying or have a coldMargaret sniffed miserably and nodded.Stop sniffing and blow your nose.2[intransitive, transitive]SMELL to breathe air in through your nose in order to smell somethingHe opened the milk and sniffed it.sniff atThe dog was sniffing at the carpet.3[transitive]SAY to say something in a way that shows you think something is not good enough‘Is that all?’ she sniffed.4[transitive]MDD to take a harmfuldrug by breathing it up your nose → snortkids who sniff glue →sniff at something →sniff something ↔ out→ See Verb table

sniff• His mother gave a sniff and asked if he had been smoking in his bedroom.• Stamford have given me a list of local McCloys and there again not a sniff as far as they know.• Ed leanedforwards and took a sniff.• She took a sniff of those leatherseats, and that was it, she was in there, feeling them up.• She turned back to her companions with a sniff.• Filmer could go in and out of the Westin without a sniff of fresh air, and probably had.• A sniff of tea, a whiff of biscuits, and there would soon be a crowd.• A dab with a handkerchief and an early morning sniff was my subterfuge.